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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:47 pm ]
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Founder of easyJet pledges 50p average price in his low-budget foodstore

http://www.theguardian.com/business/201 ... es-croydon

I've found just about everything tastes different/worse than it used to recently, but I've yet to find cheap alternatives that didn't taste like crap compared to the 'originals', so it's a 'no' from me.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:54 pm ]
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I though m&s didn't store brands?


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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:04 pm ]
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TheFrenchun wrote:
I though m&s didn't store brands?


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I've no idea, but aren't they kind of their own brand?
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:43 pm ]
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I was in Lidl the other day. Does that count?
Author:  big_D [ Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:23 am ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
I was in Lidl the other day. Does that count?

Lid also stocks brand names, although a lot is own brand.

Aldi is pretty much exclusively own brand products. Here, such stores are called discounters, not supermarkets.
Author:  oceanicitl [ Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:45 am ]
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big_D wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
I was in Lidl the other day. Does that count?

Lid also stocks brand names, although a lot is own brand.

Aldi is pretty much exclusively own brand products. Here, such stores are called discounters, not supermarkets.


I thought Lidl didn't have a brand? I certainly haven't seen anything with Lidl on the packaging.
Author:  saspro [ Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:04 pm ]
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oceanicitl wrote:

I thought Lidl didn't have a brand? I certainly haven't seen anything with Lidl on the packaging.


Lidl (like the 99p stores) have lots of brands but don't put their name on them. The random brands are quite often owned by the company but they look better to customers than big stickers saying Lidl (or 99p store)
Author:  John_Vella [ Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:14 pm ]
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I have had an ongoing on-off experiment, which has been running for over 10 years, where I will buy the Smart Price / Basics versions of various foods, and compare them to branded goods.

It's not very scientific, and there is no blind testing, but the quality of the "cheap" stuff has definitely improved over the past few years, to the extent that I am happy with no-brand goods. It's only the wife and two thirds of the kids who are fussy buggers, though in fairness, I am slowly winning the wife over!
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:03 pm ]
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John_Vella wrote:
I have had an ongoing on-off experiment, which has been running for over 10 years, where I will buy the Smart Price / Basics versions of various foods, and compare them to branded goods.

It's not very scientific, and there is no blind testing, but the quality of the "cheap" stuff has definitely improved over the past few years, to the extent that I am happy with no-brand goods. It's only the wife and two thirds of the kids who are fussy buggers, though in fairness, I am slowly winning the wife over!

Sainsbury's basic chocolate is belgian chocolate. Very nice
Author:  big_D [ Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:16 pm ]
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oceanicitl wrote:
big_D wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
I was in Lidl the other day. Does that count?

Lid also stocks brand names, although a lot is own brand.

Aldi is pretty much exclusively own brand products. Here, such stores are called discounters, not supermarkets.


I thought Lidl didn't have a brand? I certainly haven't seen anything with Lidl on the packaging.

Milbona, Lord Nelson, Dulano and the other products you find are all Lidl own brand, the same for Aldi, most products have their own 'name' but are Aldi own brand. But Lid also sell some brand name products, such as Head and Shoulders, Persil, Coca Cola etc.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:48 pm ]
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Clever marketing there. I always assumed Lidl etc just stocker foreign brands that were cheaper. I never know they were owned by Lidl.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:09 am ]
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I do tend to go for own brands where possible due to cost, but some things just can't be beaten on taste.
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